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A group of insurance salesmen try to get into show business.

After their show closes in Atlantic City, a group of showgirls decide gold digging is the only way to make money. They put this philosophy into action when a group of insurance salesmen boards the same train they are taking back to New York. On the train, showgirl Norma Perry accidentally runs into Rosmer "Ross" Peek's compartment. When he learns she wants to leave show business for a regular job, he gives her a card to take to his boss, Andy Callahan. Norma succeeds in obtaining a stenographer's job at the insurance company, and it pleases her that Ross works in the same office. Meanwhile, her friend, Genevieve Larkin, gets a part in a new Broadway show. When she learns that the company doesn't have the money to produce the show, she suggests that producers Morty Wetherad and Hugo insure the life of J. J. Hobart for a million dollars and make themselves the beneficiaries. That way, when he dies, they will have the money they need for the show. Hobart is an aging hypochondriac who is convinced he is at death's door. Although Ross is not high-powered enough to sell Hobart on the idea of life insurance, Morty finally convinces him of its advantages, and Ross gets credit for the sale. At first Ross is the star of the insurance company because of his large sale, but when Callahan realizes how old Hobart is, he is afraid that he will not be able to pass the physical. He does pass, however, and now Ross is determined to keep him alive as long as possible so he can reap the rewards of his sale. Morty and Hugo, on the other hand, try to hasten Hobart's demise, but after learning of his good health, Hobart is revived. Despite all efforts to the contrary, he starts acting younger every day. Morty and Hugo suggest that Genevieve seduce Hobart in order to wear him out, but she double-crosses them by falling in love with him. Meanwhile, Ross learns about the money needed to produce the show and talks Callahan into investing in it to save the company the million dollars it would have to pay if Hobart died from the shock of knowing he was broke. The rest of the cast raises money however they can. After the show proves to be a success, Genevieve and Hobart marry and Norma and Ross decide to follow their lead.